Metal binding means for vines



March 29, 1932. o. WEBER 1,851,224

' IETAL BINDING MEANS FOR VINES Filed June 10. 9 9

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Patented Mar. 29, 1932 I I UNITED stares; e5 g ,o'rroiuan EBER, or RA'rHEN-om'rHE Er n,GERMANY V METAL BINDING EANS FOR vrnnsl Applicatiomfiled June 10, 1929, Serial No.3ea744, 'ana n G maymmw: 17', 1928l t For fastening twigs, sprigs, spray s etc., to

a trellis in horticultural work, it has up to now been the custom toemploy bast thread, thin ,willow twigs or material derived from reeds as owing to influences I of the 7 weather they I soon decay or brake. Furthermore, they only giveway to a small degree or not at all and thereby often cause strangulation. It has alreadybeen proposed to employbuckled; p

' terial is increased, so that comparatively thin metal straps, in mostoases attached by means of nails etc., and fixing cramps'made of spring-steel. All thesecontrivances include some kind of locking-means.

ment'. Q j It'is the object of the present invention to provide fastening means made of pliable metal and having the'form of a simple, narrow and smooth-strip of even width, the ma.-

terial being of such strength and of such thickness that it can. easily be bent and twisted by hand, rendering the use of tools 7 superfluous and maintaining the shape given to it according to the mannerof fastening chosen. I

, Such binding-means, called forpreference "binding-strips or binding-ribbons have the advantagethatthey caneasily be bent in the.

, manner desired. and that they hold. firmly without any lockingcontrivance, at the same.

. s time giving waybecause the end being free 40 allows the binding to expand with growth thus accommodatingitself to the plant and preventing strangulation. The latter can.

hardly be avoidedwhe'n the known nonelastic binding-means are employed. Furthermore,

V $5 the time employed for the tying of a knot and subsequent loosening of same isspared,"the

"conveniently be manufactured by means of a They were. therefore expensive and limited in employ lengths from a'bobbin.

advantagesthe further advantage low price may be added. Thenietal ribbons are lower in price than bast thread. rThe mainadvam tages are the extremely convenient attach mentand'thereby the saving of time and trol) of the bindingsis unnecessary.

money (wages) as constantinspection (con- .7 V

The edges of the 'metal-binding-ribbon should for preference be rounded in order to avoid scars or dents. Such strips can very rollingmachine out'of ordinary wire of circular cross-section rolled flat. Zincified iron ess various properties of the wire are 1111- proved; especially the strength of the mawire may be employed, an advantage result ,ing in further economy saving of metal. When rolling the Wire, it is of advantage to notch the same in certain regular distances; the horticulturist employing same in the garden can then easily separate suitable The accompanying drawings, conjunctionwith the presentfdescription' which are given/by way of example, show the applica-' 1 T 7 tion of thebinding-means mentioned. Figs. 1-3 drawnon a larger scale show the row sideand from the'end.

8 J binding-strip seen from thebroad and nar: I

' Figs. 4111116. 5 show a ribbO fromjwhich;

pieces 10,16, 10, 1d may be separated by bending the metal to and fro several times. The

separation is simplified by notches 2,. also drawn on a far larger scale for purpose of clearness. V

Figs. 6-1241 drawn in plan and elevation. show quite a number of possibilities for tying the metal strip 1' withoutithe employment of any specialtool.

Figsi6, 6a, 7, 7 a show the attachment of occulated shoot 3 to the main branch 4. u

Figs. 8,811, 9', 9a show the attachment of a branch 5 to to it. Y

a transverse direction.

a trellis lwire 6 running parallel Figs. 12, 12a show the attachment of a branch to a trellis lath 8 crossing in transverse direction.

I Figs. 10-1211 specially demonstrate the I manner in which the binding-strip may be twisted.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and. in what manner the same is to be per- 10 formed, I declare that what I claim is:

A tie for growing plants comprising "an elongated narrow flat strip of soft pliable metal havin rounded edges and capable of being easily hent and twisted and of sufiicient length to have its intermediate portion en-' gaged'about-a'plant and support 'for the plant and its end portions bent to form retainers, serving to hold the tie in'place and yielding when subjected to determined pressures.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to thisspecification on the 18th day of May, 1929.

v i OTTOMAR WEBER. 

